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Host: Shawn Spruce
The failed water treatment system in Jackson, Miss. disproportionately affects that state’s Black residents. The crisis there is a reminder of the dozens of failed drinking water systems for tribes across the country. Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce examines the lingering problem of failing to provide the most basic utility for all of America’s residents with State Rep. Ronnie Crudup Jr. (D-MS), executive director for New Horizon Ministries Incorporated; Dr. Carrie Nuva Joseph (Hopi), director of the department of natural resources for the Hopi tribe; Clayton Dumont Jr. (Klamath), chairman of the Klamath Tribes; Iqaluit Mayor Kenny Bell; and Dr. Tommy Rock (Diné), environmental scientist and postdoctoral researcher fellow at Princeton University.
Break 1 music: Water Is Life (single song) Native Roots, Joy Harjo, Def-I & Innastate (artist)
Break 2 Music: Mirror Song (song) Michael Heralda (artist) Miccailhuitl (album)
